Mr Phillips was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Exeter in January 2015 after completing his specialist training in the East Midlands. He undertook Fellowships training in knee surgery in Exeter and Nottingham, and he undertook a Travelling Fellowship to Chicago. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2013. He now works as one of the knee specialists at the renowned Exeter Knee Reconstruction Unit at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

To complement his training, Mr Phillips also completed a Master’s Degree in Sports Medicine at the University of Bath (receiving a merit award and was a Medical Team Leader on the athletics track at the London 2012 Olympics treating injured athletes.

Mr Phillips also maintains an active commitment to training, research and governance. He is on the advisory board of both Beyond Compliance and ODEP, national committees that evaluate new knee implants to ensure patient safety. He is on the editorial board of the popular BJ360 orthopaedic journal, and he is also a member of the prestigious AO trauma faculty that trains surgeons in trauma surgery.

Mr Phillips specialises in the following treatments at Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital

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Research

Mr Phillips is involved in active research in knee surgery and has published in major orthopaedic journals as well as speaking regularly both locally, nationally and internationally as an invited speaker.Mr Phillips’ main research interests are in pain and infection after knee replacement.

Mr Phillips’ practice is based on high quality evidence based medicine. He is currently involved in a number of local and national randomised controlled trials in knee surgery that are being undertaken at the Exeter Knee Reconstruction Unit.

He has over ten peer-reviewed publications in research journals, as well as a number of review articles on trauma, infection and follow up after knee replacement. He has also written three chapters in a recent orthopaedic training textbook, and he is on the editorial committee of one of the most popular orthopaedic journals (BJ360).

As part of his Master’s degree in sports and exercise medicine, he prepared a thesis on multiligament knee injuries.